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New Kāinga Ora state homes to be built in Te Puke

Twenty-four new homes are to be built by Kāinga Ora in Te Puke by two developers. There will be four three-bedroom homes at 5 Gisborne Rd, five two-bedroom...

Gisborne , New-zealand-general- , New-zealand , Bay-of-plenty , Te-puke , Darren-toy , Wolfbrook-residential , Archispace-developments , New , Kinga , Ora

Tauranga e-bike crashes in Welcome Bay, two vehicles collide in Te Puke

An e-bike rider has been seriously injured in Welcome Bay and two motorists have been rushed to hospital after a Te Puke collision this afternoon. A police...

Welcome-bay , New-zealand-general- , New-zealand , Te-puke , James-cook-drive , Station-road , Hato-hone-st-john , Tauranga-hospital , Tauranga , Ebike , Crashes

Injured Te Puke man calls for track to Waiere Stream waterhole to be made safer

A Te Puke man injured trying to access a popular swimming spot says local authorities “fobbed off” his call for safety improvements. The dangers of swimming...

Bay-of-plenty , New-zealand , Te-puke , New-zealand-general- , Raparapahoe-stream , Katikati , Peter-watson , Peter-rawstron , Kane-powell , Bay-of-plenty-district-council , Bay-of-plenty-regional-council ,

Te Puke bridge: Residents worried location not suitable for large trucks

Residents of a rural road in Te Puke are worried the location of a replacement bridge won’t be suitable for the large trucks needed to haul kiwifruit, logs...

Raparapahoe-stream , New-zealand-general- , New-zealand , Te-puke , Calum-mclean , George-muir , Nz-transport-agency-waka-kotahi , Western-bay , Grant-dally , Democracy-reporting , Agency-waka-kotahi , Te

Black Doris plums stolen from family owned Te Puke orchid

An elderly Te Puke couple battling serious health conditions are heartbroken after thieves stripped a row of Black Doris trees bare in a night-time raid. The...

New-zealand , Te-puke , New-zealand-general- , Gate-pa , Hawkes-bay , Bay-of-plenty , New-zealanders , Kate-hellstrom , David-stewart , Black-doris , Plenty-times

Te Puke man survives 8m fall on to rocks near No. 4 Rd bridge, has not 'broken anything'

As gravity took hold, Kane Powell saw the rocks at least 8m beneath him. He knew he was going to hit them. The 28-year-old had been swimming with a friend at...

Bay-of-plenty , New-zealand , Kane-powell , Nate-blayney , Peter-watson , Bay-of-plenty-district-council , Raparapahoe-stream , Hone-st-john , Aerocool-rescue , Plenty-district-council , Te

Te Puke Mongrel Mob member who fled police sentenced in Tauranga

A judge says a drug-dealing patched Mongrel Mob member’s “difficult upbringing” meant it was “inevitable” he would end up becoming a criminal. Leon Pui had...

Te-puke , New-zealand-general- , New-zealand , Bay-of-plenty , Paul-geoghegan , Tauranga-district-court , Mongrel-mob , Judge-paul-geoghegan , Nicola-pointer , Judge-geoghegan , Te , Puke

Crash near Pongakawa blocking State Highway 2 in Bay of Plenty

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash blocking State Highway 2 on Te Puke East Rd in the Western Bay of Plenty, police say. Police said in a...

Pongakawa , New-zealand-general- , New-zealand , State-highway , Western-bay , Crash , Near , Blocking , State , Highway , In

Police appeal for information about sighting of Te Puke man possibly carrying firearm

Te Puke police want to hear from anyone who may have seen a man in the town centre possibly carrying a firearm, this afternoon. A spokesperson said police...

Te-puke , New-zealand-general- , New-zealand , Police , Appeal , For , Information , About , Sighting , Of , Te

Tauranga judge fines Te Puke builder for allowing implement shed to be lived in - again

A Te Puke builder who charged a mum and her two children rent to live in his implement shed, then tried to hide the arrangement, had a prior conviction for...

Te-puke , New-zealand-general- , New-zealand , Fairview , Bay-of-plenty , John-murray-addison , David-kirkpatrick , Environment-court-at-tauranga , Bay-of-plenty-district-council , Environment-court , Western-bay , Plenty-district-council